There is a juvenile accused too in both the cases. The trial of the two juveniles, one each in the two separate gang-rape cases, has yet to begin before the juvenile justice board. Juveniles — minors in conflict with law — who are less than 18 years old cannot be tried along with adults before a regular trial court in India. They are tried by a magistrate assigned as an officer at the juvenile justice board. Such trials are less stringent and set in an atmosphere which is meant to be child friendly. The maximum punishment a juvenile offender attracts even for a heinous crime such as a gang rape is three years under the law. The law that governs such juveniles is the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.

The court convicted in all five accused in both gang-rape cases at Shakti Mill Compound including three who were common to both — Vijay Jadhav, Salim Ansari and Kasim Shaikh. The other two convicted are Ashfaq Shaikh and Siraj Khan. In the telephone operator case, it was Ashfaq along with three common and in the photojournalist case, it was Siraj Khan along with the common three accused.